(28 November 2016) The number of international students attending American universities has been rising steadily. Just under 975,000 international students were enrolled in U.S. universities last year and that number has now increased to 1,043,839. That upward trend is important as foreign students contribute billions to the U.S. economy. China supplies the most international students to U.S. universities (328,547), followed by India (165,918), and Saudi Arabia (61,287).

(25 November 2016). The First Monday Forum in December will examine prospects for public diplomacy under a President Donald Trump. The event takes place on Monday, 5 December 2016 at American Foreign Service Association in Washington, D.C.

Phillip Seib, professor of public diplomacy, journalism, and international affairs in the Center on Public Diplomacy at University of Southern California will be the speaker and lead the discussion. Seib studies […]

Walter Roberts in an early Voice of America broadcast (U.S. government, public domain)

(9 November 2016). The Walter Roberts Endowment and the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication at George Washington University are holding a panel discussion on Challenges in the New Public Diplomacy Environment, to celebrate the centennial of Walter Roberts’s birth. The event takes place on Wednesday, 30 November 2016, at 3:00 pm at the Elliott School of International Affairs at […]